The
release of the UN Human Rights Council’s blacklist of companies that
operate in Judea and Samaria caught Jerusalem by surprise.

The
US left the UNHRC in June 2018 due to its anti-Israel slant, with
then-US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley calling it a “cesspool of
political bias.” Israel, which was not a member, cut ties with the body
immediately after, but continued contacts with the OHCHR, the
professional arm of the UNHRC. Israel freezes ties with UN rights chief
after release of settlement blacklist.(Israel should have left leave the Council, and ended its activity in Israel and the territories a long time ago!)

The
UNHRC has a permanent agenda item against Israel at each of its three
annual sessions. The item calls Israel to “immediately end its
occupation of the Occupied Palestinian Territory,” without any mention
of Palestinian terrorism, and expresses concern at “the suffering of
Syrian citizens in the occupied Syrian Golan” without any mention of
Syrian President Bashar Assad massacring his own citizens. The only
mention of terrorism is that by “extremist Israelis.” Last year, EU
member states had enough and voted against the recurring Item Seven, in
light of its “imbalance.”

And
now, the OHCHR is publishing this list even though the only support it
received for doing so was from the Arab League, the Organization of
Islamic Cooperation, South Africa, Venezuela and Cuba.(Yes, they are the members of the Rights Council!)

The
UNHRC has never released a similar blacklist for companies in disputed
territories in any other conflict, though there are plenty of others
around the world.

Food for Thought.by Steven Shamrak

Zionism
is the Jewish national liberation movement! Liberal anti-Semites and
self-hating Jews support any 'liberation' movement, even Islamic ones
that present clear threats to our democratic values, but not the Jewish
one! With President Trump in the White House, an Israeli government
must be ready to take decisive steps to realise the Zionist dream of
the Jewish people and free Jewish land, Eretz-Israel, from enemy
occupation!

Palestinian
Authority (PA) cabinet leader Mohammed Shtayyeh called on Spain to
recognize the “State of Palestine” and to lead a political move in
Europe that will bring about support for Palestinian independence and
sovereignty and the two-state solution. Palestinian Arab officials have
been pressuring countries to officially recognize “Palestine”, in a
move meant to bypass direct peace talks with Israel. While several
European countries have recognized “Palestine” in recent years, those
moves were symbolic ones that have little, if any, actual diplomatic
effect.(Have they disclosed a map of the fake state?Is it "from the river to the sea?")

Abbas
has abandoned their request for a vote at the UN Security Council on
rejecting the US Mideast plan, over a lack of international support.
Introduced by Indonesia and Tunisia, the resolution risked not having
nine out of 15 votes in its favour, the minimum required for adoption
provided there is no veto by a permanent member.(In the past, they would have no problem with having 14 votes eagerly supporting any anti-Israel resolution!But they still let him talk!)

Israel
has begun confiscating the monthly stipends paid by the PA to convicted
terrorists with Israeli citizenship and their families, the first time
such action has been taken since Defense Minister Naftali Bennett
announced the move in December.(Stripping
them of citizenship and deporting them, after confiscation of funds and
properties to compensate Jewish victims of terror, would be an even
better move!)

Israel
continued to be targeted with balloon bombs launched from the Gaza
Strip, in spite the decision to end the attacks was reached later that
day after Egyptian mediation. This comes after the launch of over 35
balloons tied to explosive charges towards Israel!

94%
percent of Palestinians oppose US peace plan. 64% say US proposal
should be met with violent Palestinian uprising. Palestinian support
for two states is lowest since the signing of the Oslo Accords.(Removal of enemies from the Jewish land is the only option to end terror in Israel!)

A
former leader of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards has warned that Iran is
just looking for an excuse to attack Israel and “raze Tel Aviv to the
ground.” He also said that Tehran has ‘precise information’ on all US
military and civilian activity in the region, from ships to individual
soldiers.(Removal of the despotic regime of Ayatollahs and freeing Iranian people from tyranny is long overdue!)

Quote of the Week:

“The
majority of Arabs, if they want to insult you, they describe you as
‘Zionist,’ knowing that the most successful project in the past century
and the present is the Zionist project, while all projects of the
Arabs, especially Arab nationalism, have failed. Before you use the
word Zionist as an insult you must first reach the shining sole of
Zionism.”- Faisal al-Qasim, Al-Jazeera presenter.

Assimilation is a Destroyer of the Miracles.

by Steven Shamrak.

Being
a Jewish single guy, I went to a lecture “Why marry Jewish?” with the
over-optimistic hope of meeting a nice Jewish girl. During an hour of a
well-prepared speech, the presenter, Doron Kornbluth, mentioned several
reasons why intermarriage generally, and for Jews in particular is not
a good idea. He offered many non-confrontational ideas of how to keep
Jews from marrying out. Suggestions ranged from focusing on Jewish
religious education, nudging to financial bribery of the kids.

The
fostering of Jewish national pride and Jewish national education were
omitted from his speech, most likely, in fear of offending any converts
or their offspring in the audience. Why would they be offended, when
Jews are talking about preservation of the national, religious,
historical and spiritual identity of Jewish people, if they had
embraced it? Every day Jews pray for the “righteous converts”. How many
truly righteous converts do you know?

The
were no suggestions for teaching kids about the history of the Jewish
people, concepts of Jewish unity and Jewish land, famous Jews and their
contributions to the cultural, scientific and technological evolution
of our planet. Zionism was not even brought up at all!

Contrary
to common belief, the idea that being a Jew means just a religious
observance is only two hundred years old. It had emerged when the
loyalty of the Jews was questioned during the time of Napoleon.
Religious leaders at the time, quite justifiably fearing persecution
from the megalomaniac French emperor, gave ambiguous answers about who
are the Jews, nation or religion.

However,
Judaism is quite specific about the national character of the Jewish
people. It is written in Torah: “and nation was born” at Mount Sinai.
Several times it is stated that it is obligatory for a Jew to marry
another Jew. Nothing has changed and must not be changed just because
on the surface modern society looks more tolerant and accepting toward
Jews or the need for some elderly Jews, mostly Holocaust survivors, to
feel illusionary comfort that their grandchildren are still remaining
Jewish.

Quite
often we hear: “My parents were Jewish” or “I am not religious,
therefore I am not a Jew!” The first question parents ask their kids
when they hear the heart-breaking news “Mum/Dad my special one is not
Jewish”, is “will he/she convert?” Conversion, in spite of the fact
that, in accordance with Jewish law, marriage must not be the reason
for it, has become another convenient supermarket item. Parents use it
now to hide their deep inner pain, bitterness, disappointment and fear
of losing their kids. Instinctively, they know that their Jewish family
flame has been extinguished!

With
assimilation rate over 50%, a non-Jewish notion that being a Jew is
only a religious obligation, which does not work in a predominately
secular society. We are losing people to mixed-marriage, secularisation
and ignorance. Most rabbis, Jewish leaders and Israel’s officials are
under pressure from bogus political correctness. They do not pay
attention and promote Jewish nationalism, patriotism and
‘Eretz-Israel’, the land of Israel. Jewish people are losing their
purposefulness in life to disillusionment and apathy!

There
were 4 million Jews, almost 9% of the population, in the Roman Empire
two thousand years ago. After the WW2, there were 12 million Jews
worldwide. Sixty years later, the Jewish population has increased by
only less than 2 million. Most nations during this period have doubled
or even quadrupled their numbers. Assimilation is not violent like the
Inquisition, pogroms or the Holocaust, but it is deadlier and the
damage it brings is irreversible.

One
of the miracles of the world is that one nation with its number less
than 0.2% of the world population has made a contribution to humanity
disproportional to its number. In spite of our achievements we are
still fearful to say loudly and openly “I am proud to be a Jew!” Why
are Italians, Greek, Chinese, Russians and other nations
unapologetically proud of their national heritage and sense of
belonging? But not Jews!

The
Jewish concept of the “Chosen people” is about responsible leadership.
It is not about being better than others or putting others down, like
many other people do. Jews also have an obligation to self and must
have a sense of healthy self-appreciation and respect, especially when
it is well deserved and long overdue!

The
biggest miracle is that after 3,300 years, the Jewish people still
exist. Many great nations have come and gone. But if, in this
‘friendly’ and politicly correct environment, we do not teach our
children and grandchildren Jewishness, not solely religion; if we
remain silent while they are marrying out; if we allow people like
Prese, Olmert, Barak and other self-hating Jews squash out national
spirit from inside – There will be no more Miracles!